Journal Entry 12/8 From Kristi
Sitting in the hospital next to my 18 year old boy, watching him sleep, believing God gives more, not less to us.... it is all beyond my heart to process. This is such a journey of faith. Our hearts are stretched beyond our limit, but then we find ourselves abiding in the infinite, and we find God is there, ready to carry us.
So exciting news! Craig Hospital in Colorado, recognized nationwide as specialists in spinal rehab, called us today and said they have a bed reserved for Zac, and if all of the right paperwork gets signed this week, we will be flying over there NEXT WEEK!!! Do you understand what this means?! This is GOD’s doing! Last week we were told this process could take up to SIX weeks. I remind Zac daily that doctors, nurses, and therapists speak in incomplete sentences; “finish their sentences, Zac. Add ‘God has the final Word!’”
Continue praying that all goes well this week in getting that contract signed.
Today we received a picture of deer scaling the side of a rocky mountain with the verse, “He will make my feet like deer’s feet, and He will make me walk on my high hill.” Hab 3:19. (Amen Jesus!!! I believe!). Why a deer would choose a rocky mountainside over a green pasture seems a mystery to us... why would anyone choose the harder path? Green grass sounds nice about now. But perhaps the deer knows something we are just slightly seeing... it is only in the impossible mountain that one can hide in the Cleft of the Rock.
Lord, strengthen our hearts to not fear the mountains. You are there.
The hospital chaplain asked Zac last night how he was processing all of this... “I guess I’m just not trying to overthink it,” he replied.
Oh Lord, thank you for not allowing anything but You to fill his thoughts.
I see Zac laughing with friends as they view his weaknesses. I believe he can do this because he is living in faith. He knows God lives in him and is working His power through his weaknesses. He does not seem afraid of them. But even if he does, more than being whole, he wants God to be glorified in his life.
He continues to inspire us - and he doesn’t even know it.
#zacsHope is Jesus
